Using Data to Improve Instructional Practice
to Tackle Student Learning Challenges
April 16, 2015
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Roanoke, Virginia
Agenda
Presenters/Facilitators
Ms. Aimee Evan, Virginia Middle School Research Alliance Lead, REL Appalachia
Ms. Mary Anne Mather, Senior Facilitator, TERC Using Data Project
Staff from Benjamin Franklin Middle School, Rocky Mount, Virginia:
 Bernice Cobbs, Administrator
 Melissa Broadstreet, Science Teacher
 Bryan Forbes, Math Teacher
 Patrick Knicely, English Teacher
 Jessica Minnix, Civics & Economics Teacher
8:00–8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30–8:40 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Aimee Evan
8:40–8:50 a.m.
Workshop Overview and Goals
Aimee Evan
8:50–9:00 a.m.
Introduction to the Early Warning System (EWS) Continuous Improvement Cycle and Foundational
Elements
Aimee Evan
9:00–9:45 a.m.
Developing a Shared Language
(EWS Step 1)
Mary Anne Mather
www.relappalachia.org
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Workshop Series: Data Use in Virginia Middle Schools Participant Agenda
9:45–11:00 a.m.
Local Example: How Benjamin Franklin Middle School Uses Data
(Foundational Elements A, B & C; EWS Steps 1, 3–6)
Bernice Cobbs, with Melissa Broadstreet, Bryan Forbes, Patrick Knicely, Jessica Minnix; Mary Anne
Mather
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Includes a break from approximately 10:15 to 10:30 a.m.
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Applying Data Analysis and Interpretation Practices to Your Own Data
(Foundational Elements A & B; EWS Steps 3 & 4)
Mary Anne Mather
12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch on your own
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Data-Informed Action Plans
(Foundational Elements A, B & C; EWS Steps 4, 5 & 6)
Mary Anne Mather; Bernice Cobbs, with Melissa Broadstreet, Bryan Forbes, Patrick Knicely, Jessica
Minnix
3:00–4:05 p.m.
Action Planning: Dialogue and Co-Constructing Solutions with Critical Friends
(Foundational Element B; EWS Steps 5 & 6)
Mary Anne Mather
4:05–4:15 p.m.
Wrap-Up: Connections, Implications
Mary Anne Mather
4:15–4:30 p.m.
Stakeholder Feedback Survey
Aimee Evan
www.relappalachia.org
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